All times UTC
Alaska's KNLS changes frequency
Russian:
1500-1800 new freq 7320.0 *NLS 100 kW 315 deg, x6890.0 *co-ch TWR in Punjabi/Hindi to 1545 +Voice of Russia in Serbian from 1600 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 23)
All India Radio monitoring
AIR Kohima on 4850, from 1351 till sign off at 1401, Nov. 21. Local news in English; ID "This news comes to you from All India Radio Kohima"; sports news ("Football. In the city where the final match of the 18th . . . Gold Cup, in Kohima . . ."). Disappointed they did not continue on with their nice music program that usually follows after the news. Their schedule now varies a lot from day to day.
AIR Itanagar on 4990, from 1415 to 1420, Nov. 21. News in Hindi; 1420-1425 local news in English which starts with local ID; poor reception due to QRM from PBS Hunan. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)
Australian DX Report # 178 availiable for download
Episode 178 of the Australian DX Report audio news magazine includes research and analysis of current spectrum occupancy in the 7, 9, 12 and 13 MHz bands for the B09 season.
There are also other features, news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, a solar activity report, monitoring notes, schedules for the new B09 season, extracts from schedules, and schedule updates.
It's 15 mins duration, and may be accessed from the Australian Internet Radio Magazine site, at
http://airm.edxp.org/
You may download/listen to/save the episodes as an MP3 file on your laptop/desktop, set up a Podcast, or receive/save it on your Mobile Phone or other portable internet-enabled digital device.
You may also subscribe via the site's RSS/Atom feed - full details are at the site.
The shows are very popular - in the four weeks to November 7 2009, there have been 707 downloads by subscribers, 1579 site visitors, and 188 episode hits. There have been 19,285 channel visits in the past 12 months!
The episodes are also available on-air, over WWCR Nashville, 0300-0315 on Sundays, on 5070, and on Mondays 1245-1300 on 15825, and via WWCR's streaming audio (live) at wwcr.com
Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 178, and enjoy the music! (Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)
BBC frequency updates
0100-0200 new freq 12070.0 NAK 250 kW / 275 deg English, x 11955.0
1400-1500 new freq 7395.0*NAK 250 kW / 280 deg Hindi, x 7205.0 to avoid VOR Russian
*co-ch BBC in Burmese till 1430 via SNG 250 kW / 340 deg!!!
(Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata via dxasia.info/DX Mix News # 600 via wb, Germany)
Belarus schedule
Belorusskoe Radio winter schedule. 23 hrs
0200-0100 ?? 0300-0200 ??
6010 kHz 5 kW 6040.0 kHz 5 kW 6070.0 kHz 5 kW 6190.0 kHz 5 kW
7235 kHz 5 kW 7280.0 kHz 5 kW
(Alexander Mazgo, Vitebsk-BLR, RUSdx Nov 15)
China's Xinjiang PBS-XJBS schedule
Effective 13 November
Chinese *2330- 5960, 7260, 7310, 11770 kHz
Uighur *2330- 6120, 7205, 7275, 11885 kHz
Kazakh *0000- 6015, 7340 kHz
Mongolian *0000- 6190, 7230 kHz
de Hiroshi
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC/BC DX 939)
Deutsche Welle Chinese changes
Effective 11 November
1300-1330 new freq 6140.0 NVS 200 kW 111deg, ex6130 to avoid PBS Xizanq Tibetan
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
HCJB's additional transmissions
Chile - HCJB Global effective from Nov 16:
2245-2300 11920.0 SGO 050 kW 025 deg to Brasil in Kulina
2300-0045 11920.0 SGO 050 kW 025 deg to Brasil in Portuguese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Libya's frequency change
LJBC Voice of Africa in French/Hausa/Hausa:
1700-1957 new freq 11995.0 SAB 500 kW 230 deg to NWAF, x 11965.0
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Monitoring Russia
6170, Voice of Russia, Khabarovsk, 1113-1130, Noted a female in Chinese language commentary and news. During news, some Russian language noted from quoted individuals. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL)
Russia, 6135, Deutsche Welle, Irkutsk, 1120-1130. Steady Chinese language comments and news to 1126. Canned ID as, "... Deutsche Welle...". then continued with comments. Signal good. Checked for parallel broadcast, but all parallel listed frequencies were silent. (Chuck Bolland, FL)
Alaska's KNLS changes frequency
Russian:
1500-1800 new freq 7320.0 *NLS 100 kW 315 deg, x6890.0 *co-ch TWR in Punjabi/Hindi to 1545 +Voice of Russia in Serbian from 1600 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 23)
All India Radio monitoring
AIR Kohima on 4850, from 1351 till sign off at 1401, Nov. 21. Local news in English; ID "This news comes to you from All India Radio Kohima"; sports news ("Football. In the city where the final match of the 18th . . . Gold Cup, in Kohima . . ."). Disappointed they did not continue on with their nice music program that usually follows after the news. Their schedule now varies a lot from day to day.
AIR Itanagar on 4990, from 1415 to 1420, Nov. 21. News in Hindi; 1420-1425 local news in English which starts with local ID; poor reception due to QRM from PBS Hunan. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)
Australian DX Report # 178 availiable for download
Episode 178 of the Australian DX Report audio news magazine includes research and analysis of current spectrum occupancy in the 7, 9, 12 and 13 MHz bands for the B09 season.
There are also other features, news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, a solar activity report, monitoring notes, schedules for the new B09 season, extracts from schedules, and schedule updates.
It's 15 mins duration, and may be accessed from the Australian Internet Radio Magazine site, at
http://airm.edxp.org/
You may download/listen to/save the episodes as an MP3 file on your laptop/desktop, set up a Podcast, or receive/save it on your Mobile Phone or other portable internet-enabled digital device.
You may also subscribe via the site's RSS/Atom feed - full details are at the site.
The shows are very popular - in the four weeks to November 7 2009, there have been 707 downloads by subscribers, 1579 site visitors, and 188 episode hits. There have been 19,285 channel visits in the past 12 months!
The episodes are also available on-air, over WWCR Nashville, 0300-0315 on Sundays, on 5070, and on Mondays 1245-1300 on 15825, and via WWCR's streaming audio (live) at wwcr.com
Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 178, and enjoy the music! (Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)
BBC frequency updates
0100-0200 new freq 12070.0 NAK 250 kW / 275 deg English, x 11955.0
1400-1500 new freq 7395.0*NAK 250 kW / 280 deg Hindi, x 7205.0 to avoid VOR Russian
*co-ch BBC in Burmese till 1430 via SNG 250 kW / 340 deg!!!
(Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata via dxasia.info/DX Mix News # 600 via wb, Germany)
Belarus schedule
Belorusskoe Radio winter schedule. 23 hrs
0200-0100 ?? 0300-0200 ??
6010 kHz 5 kW 6040.0 kHz 5 kW 6070.0 kHz 5 kW 6190.0 kHz 5 kW
7235 kHz 5 kW 7280.0 kHz 5 kW
(Alexander Mazgo, Vitebsk-BLR, RUSdx Nov 15)
China's Xinjiang PBS-XJBS schedule
Effective 13 November
Chinese *2330- 5960, 7260, 7310, 11770 kHz
Uighur *2330- 6120, 7205, 7275, 11885 kHz
Kazakh *0000- 6015, 7340 kHz
Mongolian *0000- 6190, 7230 kHz
de Hiroshi
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC/BC DX 939)
Deutsche Welle Chinese changes
Effective 11 November
1300-1330 new freq 6140.0 NVS 200 kW 111deg, ex6130 to avoid PBS Xizanq Tibetan
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
HCJB's additional transmissions
Chile - HCJB Global effective from Nov 16:
2245-2300 11920.0 SGO 050 kW 025 deg to Brasil in Kulina
2300-0045 11920.0 SGO 050 kW 025 deg to Brasil in Portuguese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Libya's frequency change
LJBC Voice of Africa in French/Hausa/Hausa:
1700-1957 new freq 11995.0 SAB 500 kW 230 deg to NWAF, x 11965.0
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Monitoring Russia
6170, Voice of Russia, Khabarovsk, 1113-1130, Noted a female in Chinese language commentary and news. During news, some Russian language noted from quoted individuals. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL)
Russia, 6135, Deutsche Welle, Irkutsk, 1120-1130. Steady Chinese language comments and news to 1126. Canned ID as, "... Deutsche Welle...". then continued with comments. Signal good. Checked for parallel broadcast, but all parallel listed frequencies were silent. (Chuck Bolland, FL)
ODXA website updates
If you click on the December Target Listening (by country or by time), or the World English Survey. It is actually an update of the November columns.
December versions will be posted when they are ready. I've also posted the December USA Survey and the December Media Programs. www.odxa.om.ca/
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)
Oman's odd frequency
17632.39v Radio Oman Thumrait in Arabic is still odd frequency, and approx. 2000 Hertz heterodyne against CVC Darwin on adjacent 17635 kHz, poor to fair S=4-5, 0840 UT, Nov 21. (wb, Germany)
Location change of BBC London's Persian service via Oman
0230-0330 5985.0 OMA 250 kW 335 deg to Iran
(Gordon Brown-NWDXC, Nov 18/BC DX #939)
Radio Canada International audio clips
Great audio clips are now available at:
http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/media/clips/10982/
(Harold Sellers/ODXA)
Radio France International frequency update
French:
1700-1757 new freq 11965.0 ISS 500 kW 200 deg to NWAF, x 11995.0
1800-1857 nw freq 11965.0 ISS 500 kW 185 deg to NWAF, x 11995.0
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Radio Netherlands Worldwide frequency changes
Via Philippines and Singapore
2000-2057 new freq 5935.0 SIN 250 kW 090 deg to N/ME, x 7385.0* in Arabic
2200-2257 new freq 5860.0 PHT 250 kW 200 deg to SEAS, x 6120.0#in Indonesian
*to avoid PBS Xizanq in Tibetan
#to avoid PBS Xinjiang in Uighur
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)
Radio Prague time and frequency change
New frequency for German service, 9805.0 at 1730-1757, SIN 250 kW 040 deg, x1630-1657 11690.0 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 23)
Radio Pakistan changes English frequency
English to Western Europe
1600-1610 new freq 7535.0 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg, ex 7510.0 to avoid Radio Free Asia in Uyghur
Radio Slovakia International frequency changes
0100-0227 new freq 6040.0*RSO 150 kW / 305 deg, ex 7230.0 in English/Slovak/French to North America
0230-0257 new freq 6080.0 RSO 150 kW / 265 deg, ex 7200.0 in Spanish to Soouth America
*co-ch 0100-0157 Radio Canada International in English to South Asia via Skelton
Turkey's TRT producing spurs
15350 TRT Ankara in Turkish produces two 'unclean spurious' on 15284.5 - 15288.7 and 15410.7 - 15415 kHz. Scheduled 15350 to EUR and 15480 to AS, both at 0700-1400 UT, Nov 21. Noted on AOR AR7030 and Eton E1, as well as some SONY ICF2010's.
(wb, Germany)
Voice of Russia frequency changes
1600-1800 new freq 7320.0 S.P 200 kW 215 deg to SEEUR, x 7340.0 in Serbian
1800-1900 7320.0 S.P 200 kW 215 deg to SEEUR, add. freq in Italian
0400-0600 6185.0*S.P 500 kW 265 deg to SoAM, add. freq in Spanish
(BC - DX # 939)
Voice of Tibet frequency change
Effective from 01 November 2009
1330-1430 NF 17550 MDC 250 kW 045 deg to SWAS, x17560 in Tibetan
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16)